KU Women’s Basketball

KU women’s basketball picked 6th; Nichols named preseason all-conference

With a high level of returning production and the addition of arguably the best recruiting class in program history, the Kansas women's basketball team was picked to finish sixth of 16 teams in the Big 12 Conference in a poll of league coaches released on Thursday morning. The Jayhawks came in ...

KU legend Dixon shaping girls basketball program at high school alma mater

Coaching Tamecka Dixon was fun, as former Kansas assistant Pam DeCosta puts it, because she and her fellow coaches could be certain that every day, “'Meek' was going to show up and give everything that she had.” “That was very comforting as a coach,” DeCosta added, “because there was ...

Big 12 announces KU women’s basketball conference schedule

The Big 12 Conference on Monday afternoon announced its league schedule for women's basketball games, including the 18 contests that await Kansas this winter. As was announced in June, over the course of that schedule the Jayhawks face Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech both home and ...

KU women’s basketball earns commitment from guard Ernstes

The Kansas women’s basketball team earned its first commitment of the 2026 recruiting cycle on Thursday night, as Mollie Ernstes, a guard from North Vernon, Indiana, announced on Instagram that she will join the Jayhawks next season. The 6-foot Ernstes averaged 22.1 points and 6.3 rebounds ...

Women’s basketball notebook: KU appreciating added length, depth

As Kansas’ point guard, standing 6 feet tall, S’Mya Nichols has for a while taken on the unenviable task of guarding opposing teams’ power forwards. What she calls her most important area for improvement this offseason, however, will be defending against quick and shifty opposing ...

If KU’s highly touted freshmen need guidance, Nichols can provide it

Kansas guard S’Mya Nichols was looking to begin the next stage of her college career when she kicked off her search for a place to live off campus during the 2025-26 season. But a feeling kept nagging at her “deeper down.” Interaction with upperclassmen — yes, including her, now that ...